Topic: Poverty and hunger
UN sounds alarm over unprecedented levels of hunger in southern Africa
News / 16th January 2020Southern Africa is in the throes of a climate emergency, with hunger levels in the region on a previously unseen scale, the UN has warned.
3% of U.S. military spending could end starvation on earth
Blog / 13th January 2020A billboards project from World Beyond War highlights how little of current U.S. military spending could permanently end hunger and extreme poverty globally.
Terminemos con la pobreza mundial exigiendo el Artículo 25
Article / 9th January 2020Únase a STWR, Compartir los Recursos del Mundo, en manifestaciones para el Artículo 25 de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos.
What protests in Lebanon can tell us about inequality worldwide
Blog / 7th January 2020With all eyes on them, Lebanese protesters now have the opportunity to outline an ambitious programme for reform that tackles inequality for current and future generations, writes Mona Fawaz.
A year of protests, with inequality at their root
Blog / 7th January 2020The UN's 2019 report on human development is timely in view of the widespread social unrest in many countries that derives, to a large extent, from the inequalities this report analyses. By Yossi Mekelberg.
Read STWR's flagship book: ‘Heralding Article 25’
News / 1st January 2020Share The World’s Resources (STWR) have released a book version of the pioneering publication by Mohammed Sofiane Mesbahi, titled 'Heralding Article 25: A people's strategy for world transformation'.
Downward spiral of war, crisis and need to worsen in 2020, fears top UN official
News / 23rd December 2019The UN’s relief coordinator, Mark Lowcock, believes next year could be worse than a “terrible” 2019, when conflict, the climate emergency and economic desperation left 165 million people in need of aid.
Christmas and Thanksgiving for the 21st century
Article / 17th December 2019To truly celebrate Christmas and Thanksgiving means opening our hearts to the world’s problems of hunger, poverty, injustice and environmental crisis. If we understand the dire predicament of the societies in which we live, then it must be evident that we, too, are part of the problem, writes Rok Kralj.
2020 to see 'highest figure in decades' in need of humanitarian assistance
News / 13th December 2019According to OCHA’s “Global Humanitarian Overview 2020,” 168 million people worldwide will need assistance in the coming year — the “highest figure in decades.”
Inequality threatening human development, new global UN report warns
News / 10th December 2019Despite global progress in tackling poverty, hunger and disease, a “new generation of inequalities” indicates that many societies are not working as they should, the UN Development Programme argues in its latest report.